Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13809

    Portrait of Robert Boyle

    Date
    19th century
    Sitter
    Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Chemist
    Creator
    Richard Woodman (1784 - 1859, British) , Engraver
    Creator - Organisation
    Charles Knight, Publisher
    Object type
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (plate): 287mm
    width (plate): 201mm
    height (print): 365mm
    width (print): 259mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Robert Boyle wearing a long periwig. Oval in a rectangular frame.

    Inscribed "Engraved by R. Woodman. ROBERT BOYLE. From an original picture in the possession of Lord Dover. London, Published by Charles Knight & Co. Ludgate Street.’ Pencilled on the reverse ‘-/- 1627-1691 Chemist’.

    Robert Boyle was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663.
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